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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-40487 · published 31 October 2022

CVE-2022-40487: Processwire cross-site scripting vulnerability

Processwire · Processwire

ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the Search Users and Search Pages function. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injection of a crafted payload.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.42% · top 65.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.42%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
9 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the Search Users and Search Pages function. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injection of a crafted payload.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://gist.github.com/filipaze/32ab8683af8d82827028164e361b6e86 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/filipaze/32ab8683af8d82827028164e361b6e86 PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-40487), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.